Lost In The Distance | Plot

[Yasuhiro]

Lost In The Distance.

→ Crowds of villagers flooded the streets. Greeting friends, making purchases, just spending time with others. Doing things, with people. As always he just wondered what it was like. Relating to others. The beginning of his life had been an unfortunate tragedy and the rest of it a behind-the-scenes project never to be spoken of. If there was anything he wished for, it was to be... 'Normal'. To be able to share a part of himself with others free of worry or survival anxieties.

→ He wore the usual – dark clothing creating a contrast with his natural colors and a fox-like mask which did a hell of a job at concealing every last facial detail to utmost perfection. If there was anything that could be used to find him aside from this mask it would have to be his free-flowing, unkept hair. This was definitely unique and might defeat the purpose of blending in, but it might also help to not make others feel too uneasy around him as opposed to wearing a cloak to conceal it.

→ Off in the distance, somewhere up on a tree branch, the young man looked on as a small female seemed to stand out to him amidst the plethora of people in the area. No matter what he thought of, focused on, looked at from another angle, he couldn't avoid it. "I see." he muttered to himself. It was all he could say about the situation he found himself in. All that had defined him up to this point; looking at this female, he was sure of it.

"We're as far apart as heaven and earth."

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• Total: 100%[/ul]
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[Kano Rika]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true] they say the captain goes down with the ship so when the world ends will god go down with it? WORDS 335 TAGS yasuhiro NOTES 335 total made by akemi This day had begun as any other. She had woken up just after dawn and tended to her precious partner, Gentou. The little jay had the tendency to sit on her head and poke at her until she woke, and if poking failed, he resorted to pulling her hair, a measure that had been necessary that morning being that she had been up half the night thinking about things. She had taken care of the needy bird and gone back to bed, and she had managed to rest until almost noon - later than she had wanted to. When she awoke and saw that she was running late, though not to pick up a mission or get to a team meeting or anything, she hurried to get dressed and brush her hair. As a result, she ran out of the house with messy hair, a too-large shirt hanging off one shoulder, and a skewed red bow. Needless to say, she did not look her best, but she didn't care. It was very important that she arrive at her destination as soon as was possible, if she wanted to get anything done, anyway. She nearly ran into a civilian carrying a load of groceries on her way through the village; after apologizing profusely and helping the woman carry the bags to her home - Rika wasn't the kind of person to avoid doing good deeds for others, even when she was late - she headed right back to the area from which she had just come, and started weaving her way through the crowds near the village's center. Rika didn't notice the fox-masked chunin, although she had the distinct feeling of being watched by someone... It send chills down her spine. A little worried, the girl hesitated and looked around the area to see if there really was someone watching her. Nothing caught her eye, and so, after a few moments, she continued on her way, although at a far less languid pace.

[Yasuhiro]

Lost In The Distance.

→ Taking mental notes as he watched her from afar, the young man leaped from tree to tree. Always within the shady corners, sneaking, unseen. He observed her behavior – what it is that she did as "second nature". For one, she looked messy. Not that he could judge her on the hair, but... Her shirt definitely appeared to have been put on in a rush. She also displayed more intense emotions that he probably would have had he been the one to bump into someone with their arms full of things.

→ After walking the lady to her home and going back toward the lake containing Takigakure's huge landmark tree her stalker decided that he might want to go down there and actually approach her. It might have been the close proximity to those turtles he always hangs around, who knows. Of course, he decided to take off his mask. He thought it would be better if he was trying to socialize. Not that stalking someone in order to interact with another human is normal, but... Eh, he's working on "normalizing", right?

→ With a half-Ram hand seal he would have seemed to have disappeared to a hypothetical observer's eyes. Keeping up with the movements of everyone walking around – incomparably dull next to his own – he "reappeared" among them in a spot and at an angle in which he made sure nobody would take notice of his sudden appearance. Nobody who was a ninja of course. He made sure to end up somewhere close to the female he had been observing.

→ This last part wasn't too hard. He just had to carefully calculate his next movements to make it seem as if she legitimately bumped into him, like she had with that lady back then. Chances are she would think that it would be her fault for being clumsy. With that in mind, he proceeded with the steps of a cat, reassuring himself that he'd get the timing perfectly.

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• Consumed: Medium

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• B-Rank CC: Lowest Margin
• Deduction: 69%[/ul]
• Total: 31%[/ul]
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[Kano Rika]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true] they say the captain goes down with the ship so when the world ends will god go down with it? WORDS 272 TAGS yasuhiro NOTES 607 made by akemi Rika already felt a little discouraged due to her late start that day - she had wanted to get up at her normal time and head out and train all day, so she wouldn't be holding back her team like she surely was - and almost knocking that poor woman over hadn't made her feel any better, that was for sure. She was so distracted that she barely missed running into another woman - a rather foul-mouthed one, from the words that were coming out of her mouth, words that the red-faced genin had never even heard before and didn't want to know what they meant. She was pitifully close to tears, to be honest. Rika had never been what one would think of as a strong person. She couldn't stand up to people or take insults or listen to someone swearing at her without getting upset. Despite being overly friendly, she really didn't know how to deal with people and even making one person angry was a little overwhelming. So was concentrating so hard on holding back her tears that, again, she didn't notice there was someone in her path, and she ran full-tilt into a very pretty... boy? She looked up at him, his pale face just a few shades different from his white hair. It had taken her a moment to realize that he was not, in fact, a really muscular girl with shorter hair, but a teenage boy. "I-I'm sorry for running into you..." she murmured, ducking her head in shame. This day was just not going well at all.

[Yasuhiro]

Lost In The Distance.

→ Three, two, one, and... Bam! Success. Just as he planned, the girl quickly apologized for having bumped into him. The next step was to be nice to her. Reel her in. He put on the sweetest smile possible, hoping his delicate features would add to the way in which he was attempting to portray himself. Perhaps like someone she would feel comfortable with. Yes... Exactly like that. If it went that smoothly he would be sure that he had this.

→ "Oh, that's fine." – rubbing the back of his head with his right hand like he was shaming himself, he continued – "We all make mistakes... Hehe. I just hope you're not hurt." By now she seemed weak to him. Pondering what this meant, he kept up his facade with body language that would suggest humility. A lot of smiling, easy on the eyes, seemingly relaxed. He had to make sure he appeared to be an open, easy-going person. He just didn't know what it was like to mean it.

Is she simply trying to avoid trouble...?

→ For the moment he simply acted in a manner similar to hers. This always seemed to do the trick with "regular"-looking people. Maybe he was looking for anomalies. While some of the higher-ranked shinobi displayed differences in interaction, at least the vast majority of lower-ranked ones along with civilians behaved this way. It's like they were trying to be the same.

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• Total: 31%[/ul]
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[Kano Rika]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true] they say the captain goes down with the ship so when the world ends will god go down with it? WORDS 249 TAGS yasuhiro NOTES 856 made by akemi Instead of being angry, he smiled at her, which certainly did a lot to relieve her nervousness - and she was certain the relief showed on her face as she offered a timid smile back to him. She had been so afraid that he would get mad that she had already been prepared to have yet another person yell at her, something which she didn't think she would ever really get used to. Usually she was too nice for people to want to yell at her... Well, other than Akaime-chan, but she was just kind of loud as it was. "O-oh, I'm fine." she assured him. It was rather uncharacteristic of someone who had just been run into to worry if the other person had gotten hurt because of their own stupidity. Sure, she had stumbled back, but she hadn't fallen - she wasn't exactly the sturdiest, or the surest on her feet, being somewhat clumsy - so she was fine. "Are you okay?" She just wanted to make sure. While Rika knew it was unlikely that she had managed to damage him in any way, it would be rude of her to not inquire about his state, especially after he had just had the courtesy to ask her if she was fine. She cast a glance toward the path she had been taking, contemplating just walking off now that she had apologized, but he seemed so nice... What if just walking away hurt his feelings?

[Yasuhiro]

Lost In The Distance.

→ So far so good. To the girl they may as well have been just two strangers who accidentally bumped into each other and were polite enough to exchange apologies. But imitating her behavior wasn't going to cut it anymore. He had to keep a conversation going between them. Noticing the glance she took in another direction, he decided to introduce himself. "Yes, haha, I think I'm a little stronger than that. My name is Yasuhiro by the way." The remark may or may have not come off as rude, but to him it was just trying to have a little humor.

→ Trying to adjust to the fact that he had just introduced himself as "Yasuhiro" to someone, he wondered if maybe asking her if she had somewhere to be would be a good followup. Although that might have been a creepy thing to do... Or maybe not. He just had to play it smoothly. Keeping someone company could be a good way to make a friend. But what if I end up having to do stuff for her... He could at least tell that friends did favors for each other whenever necessary. The idea didn't appeal to him too much.

→ However, it wasn't an entirely alien concept. A time long ago, he and another kid forged memories with this sort of happening in them.

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